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I turned 12 of my favourite analogue photographs of Berlin into little calendar for 2027.

I’ve had the great pleasure to be a graphic designer for a quarter of a century, in that time I’ve had some amazing clients and worked on incredible projects.

But times are tough, the last couple of years have been awful and it’s got to the point where I’ve …

I worked for a decently popular app for the last five years as their sole designer. I was responsible for literally anything design related. They paid me $4k/mo as a contractor, no benefits. They assumed I worked 20 hours per week, but it was often closer to 5 hours/week. I …

I’m a designer at a print shop in Vietnam. Labels that break the law are one of the most common reasons we reprint, and no tool I’ve used ever caught it. So I started building a check that reads the label while you design. Curious: how do you make sure …

Nov 2
Counter-Print champions physical branding with Merch, an editorial design survey exploring the strategic power of tactile brand collateral. For decades, branded merchandise occupied a strange, slightl...
Nov 2
Uncommon gives the White & Case rebrand its energy: carved Roman letterforms, kinetic serif headlines, and electric Catalyst Blue. Law firm branding usually plays it safe: sober serif, navy blue, ...

you guys seemed to like the dropdown menu i posted last week, so here’s another one i made :)

this one’s free for you guys for the next week. play around with it, grab the code, or copy the context for your AI. would love to hear what you …

Almost every client brief I get still has one.

5 slides with 5 different offers, auto rotating every 3 seconds.

By the time someone reads the headline it's already moved to the next one. & on mobile people just scroll past it anyway.

One clear offer up …

I get that not everyone's a web designer, and it's kinda my job to navigate people. But do some people actually think through their ideas before ringing us?

Like yesterday, a guy rang me about making a website that shows all the properties every estate agent platform has (I'm …

I work for a marketing agency as a graphic designer. was tasked to “make a video for youtube” with not much context except what client it’s for and the campaign. i reached out to the manager of this client’s account for some clarification since the account managers in the agency …

The Economist's issue of 7 January 2017 cover

The current logo for Correos, the Mexican postal service. The pigeon is now integrated into the envelope.

Hello everyone,

I'm building a custom SaaS ERP, and I'm trying to understand how experienced developers and UX designers decide which UI components and layouts are actually right for each part of an application.

For example, accounting, inventory, sales, purchasing, and HR all have different workflows. How do …

Are you beginning your UX career and have questions? Post your questions below and we hope that our experienced members will help you get them answered!

Posting Tips Keep in mind that readers only have so much time (Provide essential details, Keep it brief, Consider using headings, lists, etc. …

Post your portfolio or something else you've designed to receive a critique. Generally, users who include additional context and explanations receive more (and better) feedback.

Critiquers: Feedback should be supported with best practices, personal experience, or research! Try to provide reasoning behind your critiques. Those who post don't only …

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